The
Shelby County Public Library (formerly known as the
Shelbyville-Shelby County Public Library) has been accepted
by the Executive Committee as the 99th library
in the Evergreen Indiana consortium! They join the
Camden-Jackson Township Public Library, Akron Carnegie
Public Library and Montezuma Public Library as the latest
Indiana libraries migrating to Evergreen Indiana.
Camden-Jackson, Akron and Montezuma are scheduled for
migration on Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Shelby County's
migration date is yet to be determined.

The Evergreen Indiana Consortium is now accepting
applications for its 100th member library. seeking to
migrate to Evergreen. Patrons of member libraries can use
their Evergreen Indiana library card to view the catalogs
and borrow materials from the other member libraries. The Evergreen Indiana
catalog now holds over 2.6 million unique
bibliographic records and provides access to over 6.2
million items. As of January 2012, Evergreen Indiana
libraries serve nearly 865,000 Indiana residents.

Libby Pollard and Melissa Fry are the winners of the 2012
American Library Association (ALA) Carroll Preston Baber
Research Grant for the project entitled “Assessment of
Non-Library Use at the Jeffersonville Township Public
Library.” The $3,000 grant supports innovative research that
could lead to an improvement in library services to any
specific group of people.

The focus of the award is on a pressing national issue that
is of importance to library service. Through the grant,
Jeffersonville Township Public Library will survey
non-library users and determine what services, programs, and
resources the library can offer to meet their needs.

More information and guidelines for the Baber Grant,
including a list of previous winners, may be found
online.

This survey is critical for Indiana libraries to better
describe and understand the costs, services, and benefits
related to public library provision of e-government services
in Indiana. Ultimately the project will result in outcomes
that assist the Indiana State Library and public libraries
to develop and implement strategies for improved
e-government services and to leverage and better manage
associated costs of public library e-government service
provision.

The study is lead by renowned broadband expert Dr. Charles
McClure of the Florida State University Information
Institute. This project is made possible by an LSTA grant from the U.S.
Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by
the Indiana State Library.
For more information, visit
www.in.gov/library/eGov.htm. Please refer specific
questions about the survey to the FSU
Information Institute at
ii@ci.fsu.edu.

Nominate your
favorite Hoosier
authors through March 23, 2012

LEU Opportunity
Days

Just three LEU
Opportunity Days remain and all library professionals are invited to attend
these day-long events worth several LEUs: